Question

A camel can drink 25 gallons of water in 10 minutes. How many cups of water can the camel drink in 10 minutes?

Answer 1

Question:

A camel can drink 25 gallons of water in 10 minutes. How many cups of water can the camel drink in 10 minutes?​

Solution:

A)

1 cup = 0.25 quarts.

4 quarts= 1 gallon

Then, according to this information, we get the following table:

B)

Note that 4 quarts= 1 gallon, then 1 gallon is equivalent to 16 cups.

C)

Then, 25 gallons are equivalent to:

`25\text{ gallons(}\frac{16\text{ cups}}{1\text{ gallon}}\text{)}=\text{ 400 cups}`

D. According to the above information, we obtain that 25 gallons of water are 400 cups .

So that, we can conclude that the correct answer is:

The camel can drink 400 cups of water in 10 minutes